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South Koreans lock themselves up to escape prison of daily life
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#52Question for South Koreans here: Is this real or is this report just the usual exaggeration by western media? Asking because Reuter’s has a biased reporting for anything related to India, and I’m wondering if they have a similar lens / filter for South Korea. (I’m from India in US)
Obviously, not all South Koreans are locking themselves up. This is just an unusual hotel that helps people get away from everyday life and stop being tied to their smartphones for a while. You could remove all references to South Korea, and the business model still looks interesting. I suspect it could work just as well in Japan, or even in the West as a modern alternative to a monastery.
Yeah, I think the comparison to a monastery really helps with understanding here.
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#53I'm not sure why I'd want to pay someone else for this when I can do the same thing at home by unplugging my internet for a day.
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#55Question for South Koreans here: Is this real or is this report just the usual exaggeration by western media? Asking because Reuter’s has a biased reporting for anything related to India, and I’m wondering if they have a similar lens / filter for South Korea. (I’m from India in US)
Obviously, not all South Koreans are locking themselves up. This is just an unusual hotel that helps people get away from everyday life and stop being tied to their smartphones for a while. You could remove all references to South Korea, and the business model still looks interesting. I suspect it could work just as well in Japan, or even in the West as a modern alternative to a monastery.
Why not just go to a monastery? It's just as structured, but with better food, scenery and the meditation/prayer/spirituality element helps when you return to civilisation.
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
^ really second this if you feel like getting locked up
My 10 day retreat even felt like prison from time to time...
I liked my 10 days, however, there were times I felt a bit like a prisoner. The same schedule each day. Nobody else around you exists. No eye contact. That being said I'd like to do it again.
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#57I recall also reading something similar about Japan a while back. EDIT: found it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-16/japan-s-p...
I was going to mention this article. You beat me to it.
I found this rather interesting that people get locked up to escape daily life. I can see it from both sides. There are times I wish I wasn't doing the same things day in and day out, but I value my freedom to much to lose it.
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#58Those of you considering the appeal, consider that there are retreats you can go on which structure your time and give you rules to follow. You don't have to make it look like prison.
I looked into signing up for a silent retreat, but they are expensive and sold out months in advance.
Why not just book a relaxing airbnb?
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#59I am a bit confused by this, "South Koreans worked 2,024 hours in 2017." That does seem demanding but I am not sure how the US wouldn't be ranked higher where the minimum for full time employment is 2,080 hours a year. Can anyone clarify?
I don't know exactly where they are pulling those numbers from; but last time I checked, reports of average working hours around the world were averaged over everyone, even part-time/temporary/seasonal workers. So the average for full-time workers is much higher, and the average for part-time workers is lower. The overall average is useless for anything other than loose comparisons between countries.
As a South Korean, my impression is that full-time workers in desirable positions tend to put in around 2,500 hours per year. We recently introduced a new law that puts a hard limit (for any given pair of employer and employee) of 52 hours per week, averaged over a 3-month period. There's been a lot of pushback from businesses that either require or encourage working even more hours.